GATech Fraternity Investigated for "Rapebait" Email

[Woof]

Originally Posted by Griffins&Quills

Evidently he left is email open/logged in on a library computer where someone read the email. I also doubt that it was intended as a poor attempt at satire sadly.

If true, then I take back my opinion on this particular matter. Not others, though.

[MysticCat]

Originally Posted by Griffins&Quills

Evidently he left is email open/logged in on a library computer where someone read the email.

Or a brother forwarded it to a friend because he thought it was funny. It only takes one . . . .

[Sen's Revenge]

Originally Posted by Griffins&Quills

Evidently he left is email open/logged in on a library computer where someone read the email. I also doubt that it was intended as a poor attempt at satire sadly.

My bad, should have read further.

[DubaiSis]

You know, it's been 25 years since I attended a frat party. Sadly, these "techniques" aren't new. Obvious and sleazy? Yes. As old as alcohol and frat houses? Yes.

I'm happy that people are (appropriately) appalled by this. The fact that it's been going on forever doesn't mean it should be tolerated just because we write off frat guys as douchebags and leave it at that. We can expect better.

Another bit of good news is the guys who are this piggish are also stupid enough to not know to be discreet. That way they can be more easily outted. I hope the girls at GT are savvy enough to cut these losers off cold. And the innocent guys who are not pigs? They can handle their PR in a way befitting gentlemen. And I would imagine a lightning fast trip to their Standards board and an even faster termination of membership.

[DoctorD]

CPC and IFC's response

[Griffins&Quills]

I don't particularly like continuing this topic because I think the attention has negatively impacted the school and that greek system, however, the writer of the letter made a personal apology.

[sigmadiva]

It feels like his attorney wrote, and he just signed it.

[WCsweet<3]

Originally Posted by sigmadiva

It feels like his attorney wrote, and he just signed it.

Bingo.

[DeltaBetaBaby]

The fact that he blames it on his nickname tells me that he STILL doesn't get it.

[exlurker]

Update

Not surprisingly ...
Georgia Tech Phi Kappa Tau Is de-recognized (“rape bait” email, etc.)


http://nique.net/news/2014/04/04/osi...ual-violations

Article ^^ reports timelines
to get out of house,
to possibly return to GA Tech in three years or a bit more,

[Griffins&Quills]

Oh my god... the chapter minutes and especially the songs from the emails are absolutely horrific

[Kevin]

Sure, if they're taken literally. Kids that age, especially young men often have a sense of humor which involves shocking and depraved talk, but does not necessarily involve action. For good examples of such humor, go look up dead baby jokes. Warning, NSFW. Reading the actual minutes, I get some indicators that there may be some issues, but I can't really distinguish between what is an attempt at humor and what is not. For all I know, the secretary thought it'd be a good idea to make the minutes funny and provocative so folks would actually read them.

I disagree that these emails show any sort of behavior aside from having the previously discussed sort of sense of humor. If it did, have any victims come forward? The only "victims" the article talks about is a couple of underage individuals who were furnished alcohol.

Reading through the comments, the "S&M Man" song is apparently sung by rugby players, members of the armed forces and has been a running cadence in the military.

I have a real problem with a public school apparently sanctioning a group for what appears to be distasteful, but constitutionally protected speech.

[FSUZeta]

My husband was a naval officer and a pilot-he never heard of that song. As someone in the comments section of the article pointed out, Wikipedia is not the most reliable of sources.

[Kevin]

Which do you suppose is more likely--that the Wikipedia article is at least mostly true or that the fraternity wrote this song and created a Wiki link to throw the scent off--complete with multiple working links as citations?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_S&M_Man

[Griffins&Quills]

No. I'm sorry but that is NOT humor and is NOT okay when songs sit there and talk about cutting women up and shoving ice picks into their ears and screwing a corpse. That is not humor. That is when someone is in need of a psych evaluation because they have a future as a serial killer.